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City of Canterbury BankstownCommunity profile

City of Canterbury Bankstown

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In 2021, 26.5% of City of Canterbury Bankstown's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.

The share of City of Canterbury Bankstown's non-English speaking population attending educational institutions reflects the age structure of the population, the year of migration and the reason for migration. Areas with an older migrant population are likely to have low rates of educational attendance, though there may be some among second and third generations within the community.

Some areas attract a lot of overseas students from non-English speaking countries, and these areas could be expected to have very high rates of educational attendance, particularly for universities.

To complete this story, City of Canterbury Bankstown's educational attendance information needs to be viewed in conjunction with the Age Structure and Qualification topics.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What type of educational institution is the person attending?'

Education institution attending
City of Canterbury Bankstown - non-English speakers20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%City of Canterbury Bankstown - Total populationNumber%City of Canterbury Bankstown - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending58,04426.526.455,40826.625.9+2,636
Pre-school3,6641.72.02,8261.41.6+838
Primary school16,2527.48.416,1537.88.6+99
Secondary school14,0456.46.913,8666.76.8+179
TAFE/Vocational7,0253.22.65,1692.52.1+1,856
University13,3876.15.314,0836.85.7-696
Other3,6711.71.33,3111.61.2+360
Not attending158,58972.466.5148,47771.367.2+10,112
Not stated2,4831.17.14,4422.16.8-1,959
Total people speaking a language other than English at home219,116100.0100.0208,327100.0100.0+10,789
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the share of the non-English speaking population attending educational institutions in City of Canterbury Bankstown in 2021 compared to the total population in City of Canterbury Bankstown shows that there was a lower proportion attending primary school, a similar proportion attending secondary school, and a higher proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 7.4% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 6.4% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 6.1% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 8.4%, 6.9% and 5.3% respectively for the total population in City of Canterbury Bankstown.

The major difference between the share of the non-English speaking population attending learning institutions in the City of Canterbury Bankstown and the total population in City of Canterbury Bankstown was:

  • A larger percentage of people not attending (72.4% compared to 66.5%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the non-English speaking population attending education institutions in the City of Canterbury Bankstown, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Not attending (+10,112 persons)
  • TAFE/Vocational (+1,856 persons)
  • Pre-school (+838 persons)
  • University (-696 persons)

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